This web based study group will meet for one hour, six times per year. At each meeting, two articles will be reviewed and the person presenting the article will be responsible for a brief review and beginning the discussion. Each specialty will have an opportunity to be represented. The study group will provide an opportunity to present evidence based research articles that support concepts of dental practice in IHS that may differ from what dentists new [or old] to IHS may have learned or experienced.

The session on September 10 will include a presentation by Alice Horowitz on the topic of Oral Health Literacy. It will be a shortened Health Literacy 101 with emphasis on what is being done in Maryland following the death of Deamonte Driver.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of these sessions, the participant will be able to: 1. State the emergence of Oral Health Literacy in the U.S. 2. Recognize population groups most likely to have lower levels of health literacy. 3. Identify at least three recommended communication techniques to use with patients. 4. Explain the purpose of a health literacy environmental scan.

Disclosure Policy:

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral
Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity.
The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices.
Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices.
No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted
independent of any commercial entity.

Concerns or complaints about this course may be directed to Mary Beth Kinney or to ADA CERP (http://www.ada.org/goto/cerp).

Prerequisites:

None

Tuition Payment Information:

Tuition Policy:

Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at
least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course.
If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.